Elove Thompson, 17, was last seen January 3, 2026, near South Sossaman and East Rittenhouse roads in Queen Creek, Arizona. He is described as a Black male with black hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 9 inches tall and about 180 pounds. Elove was a resident of Canyon State Academy, a residential school for at-risk teen boys in Queen Creek.

Elove disappeared along with three other teenage boys from the same location on the same day. Two of the group were found safe by the end of January and a third was located in early March, but Elove remained missing in the last reports from March 2026. The case is part of a wider pattern of young people from group homes and residential facilities in the area being unaccounted for, a concern the Queen Creek Police Department has publicly sought help to address.

If anyone has information about Elove’s whereabouts or remembers seeing him near South Sossaman and East Rittenhouse on or after January 3, 2026, please share what you know.